Excerpt from A Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820: In Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England Sir, At a meeting of the Trustees of the Pilgrim Society, present, John Watson, William Davis, James Sever, Alden Bradford, Barnabas Hedge, Thomas Jaekson, Jr. and Zabdiel Sampson, Esquires, Voted, "That the thanks of the Trustees be presented to the Hon. Daniel Webster, for his eloquent and interesting Discourse, delivered at Plymouth, on the 22d instant, at their request, in commemoration of the completion of the second century since the settlement of New England - that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication - and that the Corresponding Secretary communicate the preceding vote." While in the performance of this duty, as honorable as it is pleasing, I am directed to subjoin, that the Committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of the American Antiquarian Society, who attended on this occasion, by invitation, unite in the request. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.